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scenarios with Asynchronous File I/O in C# - FileNotFoundException on Valid Path

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c# async-await file-io C#

I'm working on a personal project and I'm working with a `FileNotFoundException` when attempting to read a file asynchronously using `FileStream` in .NET 6, even though the file path is correct. Here's a snippet of my code: ```csharp public async Task<string> ReadFileAsync(string filePath) { using (var stream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read, 4096, useAsync: true)) { using (var reader = new StreamReader(stream)) { return await reader.ReadToEndAsync(); } } } ``` I've verified that the file exists at the specified path, and it should have the appropriate permissions. However, when I run this method, I intermittently receive a `FileNotFoundException` with the message: "Could not find file 'C:\path\to\myfile.txt'". I've also tried using `File.Exists(filePath)` before attempting to read the file, and it returns true, but the behavior still occurs. This scenario seems to happen under high load conditions when multiple asynchronous file reads are triggered in parallel. Is there a possibility of a race condition affecting the file access? Any suggestions on how to resolve this or best practices for handling asynchronous file I/O in a multi-threaded environment would be greatly appreciated. I'm working on a web app that needs to handle this. How would you solve this? Thanks in advance!